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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1935
Page
2
A spider identified by authorities as a Black Widow was found Wednesday in a Hearne water meter box and placed on display at a local drug store. The item drew public interest amid notes on related bites and fatalities in the state.
A Houston Chamber of Commerce delegation visited Hearne on Wednesday morning from 10:30 to 11 o clock. A Hearne committee led them through local business houses and hospitality noted the collaborative visit between the two chambers.
Hearne Texas reports Dallas visitor T B Connor and Bowie visitor C B Wor ley inspecting the municipal plant. John Davenport died aged pioneer resident. his 22 children survive. Pec an grafting demo July 2 at DeStefano farm led by Sandlin and Rosborough. Lon A Smith to speak July 9 at First Baptist on Christian brotherhood. Girls softball night features Hearne vs Calvert curtain raiser. Families travel to Houston for Forbes Taylor and Taylor Haynes drownings. Golden Rule Lodge installs new officers. Jean Slagle funeral in Dallas. R E Cornforth trips to National Compress. J W Harrington hosts ROTC cadet J W Kesenburg.
In Hearne on Friday night the Methodists defeated Humble 10 to 5 at Wood Field as Stanfield pitched all game for the Methodists. Hill led with four of five hits including a three-base hit and a double. Humble’s Wallace started, relieved by B Hetzler, with two-hit efforts from C Allen, B Hetzler, and Bussa for Humble. A sharp catch by H Hetzler halted a Methodist rally in the third. Also on Friday, Hearne Girls beat Calvert 16 to 4 with Martha Alice Gray on the mound and multiple three-hit performances.
Frank Burns a transient was arrested in Hearne for stealing four boxes of hose from Duffey Drug company. He was released after it emerged he is a dope addict seeking narcotics. Burns showed scars from prior jails as he explained his habit to obtain shots. A new city water tank project will start with steel tanks arriving and laborers expected. Episcopal and Methodist women held meetings. Baptist Mission groups met for joint sessions and circle activities.
The column lists local residents and guests in Bryan including C. C. Gustavus recovering from tonsil surgery at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic. Miss Martinett Paulos of Mexia visiting Miss Dor Hostetter. Walter Armstrong of Tabor in Bryan. Floy Banks visiting from Powell. and many others from Brazos County and nearby towns attending dances, hospital stays, or trips to Madisonville, Galveston, and Baconton GA.
Johnny Boriskie pitched five hits and five scoreless innings as the Knights of Columbus beat Westbrook 10 to 3 at Allen Field on Sunday. Emory Deason homered in the fourth. Westbrook used two pitchers. F. Fridel caught for K of C. The club plans to meet Bremond on July 4 at the American Legion grounds.
Invitations from Bishop E Byrne of Galveston welcome St Joseph and St Anthony congregants and Texans to a pre Centennial mass at Mission San Francisco de las Tejas site near Wedhes on July 4 at 10 am. Monks from the same Spanish monastery will celebrate with a vested choir. Speakers include Lou Kemp Houston Jane Bole San Antonio and Father P J Folt Austin. Wedhes lies 12 miles northeast of Crockett with highway directions via Bryan to Crockett.
A program on The Widening Influence of Jesus was presented by church youths at the combined business and inspirational meeting of the First Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary. Organized by Esther Cavitt, the event was presided over by Nelson Fuller with participants Rita Kraft Elizabeth Watts Lucille Gibson Doris Dansby Earle Tardy Peggy Stuart and Sarah Watts. Mrs Milton Dansby led the business portion as auxiliary president.
Relatives of the late Steve H. Brockman traveled from Houston Austin Rusk Arlington Blooming ton and Houston to attend the funeral held Tuesday at 4 p m at the College Avenue Baptist church. Attendees include Lon E. Brockman Elmer C. Brockman Watt McNeeley Mrs W H Brewer Guy Black Miss Fay Black Miss Lorraine Brockman Marion Brockman and Duncan Brockman.
Gov. James V. Allred announced no clemency for Lewis Cornoch the Williamson county farmhand scheduled for execution July 12 for the murder of H. J. Lindsey Granger city marshal.
F. W. Finke, an Allen Military Academy alumnus, directs the Marlinians dance orchestra at Bryan Country Club for a German night from 11 p.m. to dawn. Club serving breakfast at dawn and opens pool at 5 a.m. for early swimmers. Miss Mary Elizabeth Danforth visits Tyler then spends July 4 at the Sowells summer home in Hot Springs Ark.
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